Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1887-09-10

"A new ordinance appears to-day.
It informs the public that the erection of
wooden buildings within certain limits IS
a thing of the past.
20. B. Bollman, who for some time
lived on Trego creek, north of Wa-Kee-
ney, has gone to Rock Island, ILL.,, to take
up his residence, and devote himself to
learning the trade of a saddler.
The plans and specifications for the
court house have been received. The
board of county commissioners are called
in special session on Monday next to take
further action in the matter of building
the court house.
Our accomplished legal townsman,
Frank Danford, Esq, has been in attend
ance at the district court at Hays City
this week. Between attending to legal
business there and here, he has been un-
comfortably busy.
Mr.. G. W. Sweet left at our residence
last Saturday one of the largest and best
watermelons which we have seen or tasted
this year. The present was gratefully
appreciated by our family as they made
way with its delicious contents.
Henry Hull, of Ogallah, has been buy
ing rye for the past ten days OF SO for
Yost, of Hays City, and others. Before
this buying began rye was drug at
thirty cents bushel. Now it goes
readily at from fifty to sixty cents.
Cattle generally are doing well on the
grass. A trip through the country reveals
the usual failure to Craze the grass lands
evenly. In some places, the grass is eat
en- too short to be used proftably for the
present; in others, thousands of acres lie
in body, which have scarcely been
touched this season.
We are requested to announce that
the Western Mortgage Company havelow-
cred fifty per cent. the basis of making
loans on property. The superintendent
has been out here to look over the field.
The company are averse to loaning as
much money on a piece of land as the
borrower asks for the same land.
In the early part of the week judy
ment was rendered by Justice Hutzel
against DIR. J. G. Babb. This action was
the result of an attachment having been
run on some of Babb's property by Mar
shall & Ufford. We understand he had
bought of them about eighty dollars
worth of goods for which he had failed to
pay.
In calling the roll of the recently -siok
three, we find Olson around and nearly
we'll; Kritchfeld at Millbrook on business,
and Caddick looking after affairs at the
store. Friend Caddick intends to attend
the national Grand Army encampment at
st. Louis the latter part of this month if
he is well enough. It now looks as if he
will be.
Yesterday afternoon cord of
hard rock was being piled on the west
side of the court-house-park fence. Mr..
Stimits, we understood, brought it in from
his place, down in the Downer locality.
The object is to show the commissioners
the capabilities of this county in the di-
rection of furnishing its own rock for it's
own court house.
j. w. Moffoot and his son Charles
and G. Altman, all of Grinnell, Iowa, were
visiting their old neighbor, O. L. Cook,
in the Saline valley, the latter part of
last week and the fore part of this.
These gentlemen also had their eyes on
the country, with probable view of
making some land purchases as basis for
carving out new homes.
Last week we mentioned the contin-
uance of the case of the State VS.. DR..
Babb, on the charge of having no legal
right to practice medicine. Yesterday
the case was decided by Justice Hutzel,
who fined the defendant $50 and costs.
The counsel for the defense, Mr.. Todd, of
Cove City, gave notice of his intention to
appeal the case to the district court.
Elsewhere we mention that a hard
rain fell yesterday afternoon. This
we are able to state that it
rained throughout last night. Much of
the time the fall was very heavy. Some
rain is falling yet Never before within
the history of the settlement of Trego